21 March 2013

Tonight I wanna give it all to you, In the darkness

I sang this to John earlier (with obvious changes to the lyrics). Then sang it again with Sherlock's help. Then showed him the video. His eyes went huge and he asked if people really looked like that 'in the old days'. Then quizzed me extensively on exactly which parts of the fashion I might have indulged in.

This would be more of an entry if I wasn't completely, utterly, knackered.

Work has been non-stop. Which is good, but ...yeah. Been sorting warrants, organising searches, interviewing, updating my guv'nor, briefing my teams, down the mortuary to get an update on a different case, and chasing up leads.

This morning I almost didn't get out of bed. Even Sherlock gave up trying to drag me out by the arm and just climbed inbetween me and John, declared us boring and started a monologue about what sort of bat he'd rather be. Afraid I wasn't conscious enough to know the conclusion, sorry.

My cough is managing to be both wheezy and chesty at the same time now. I sound like an asthmatic seal. It's very tedious.

Nicky's been visiting some sorts of assisted-living type places for Mum. She says she wants to go home. Not quite sure how that's going to play out, to be honest. I mean...we can't force her into anything. And she's smoking again.

We get Mycroft home tomorrow. (Unfair! Sherlock announces - not that we get him back, but that Sherlock still has school.) I'm hoping to only be at work until lunch. Well, I was hoping not to go in at all, but that can't happen.

We'll pick him up on the bikes. Be good for Sherlock to have a ride out before we head off for John's birthday weekend.

Sherlock has spent quite some time trying to crack my password on my laptop. He's not happy that he hasn't managed it.

58 comments:

tis a shame about work but I guess half a day will be better than nothing :-)

You need to take care of yourself you know, I'm glad you seem to have planned a few extra days off in the next wee while, hopefully you'll feel properly better after a few days of not stressing :-)

As for your mum you can't force her to do anything, that is the most important thing you and Nicky need to remember. You can offer options and ideas but in the end she has to do what she wants to because she's an adult and she has to have control over her life (as much as possible anyway)

Well, I hope no one gets murdered at all, but if they do, I hope it's extremely straightforward. I approve of the hibernation plan, best thing for you right now. I can take the boys out somewhere for a while if Sherlock gets overexcited.

Probably a friend or fellow patient -- if she's bumming them off other people she wouldn't be doing it very long.

How much are cigarettes over there, anyway? I never smoked and Mum hasn't smoked for about 12 years since she was diagnosed with early stage emphysema and I put my foot down, but I believe they're about $16 a packet here -- about 11 pounds.

You must also examine Lestrade's past choices for holiday destinations, the fact he has found somewhere with space for the security operatives to stay too, and that he and Sherlock were earlier planning which cake to bake.

So we know roughly how many people the venue can accommodate, we know it is almost certainly self-catering, or at least has a kitchen we can use. He has also indicated that both Sherlock and I will have our own rooms.

We also know that it isn't so far he is worried Sherlock will not cope with the journey, but far enough that he said we might stop en route.

It was laughably easy to do a short search for likely accommodation within a certain distance and work out our destination.

Sherlock, sometimes you just have to accept that Mycroft's older than you, and is going to be a bit better at some things than you are yet.

I'm sure when you're his age, and you've watched people for as long as he has, you'll be just as good at solving mysteries.

But for now, just relax, enjoy the last four days of school - one of which sounds like it'll just be a day of easter fun - and don't be so angry! We were all young once. You're still smarter than a lot of adults I know.

No one needs to be told off, Sherlock. Mycroft is Mycroft, and you are you. I'm just saying that you have a chance to do something nice by letting it be a surprise for you and John, so you might want to do that.

Well, whether or not she talks about it at all, if you have questions, you can ask, and I'll be happy to answer. (But I will be offline because of the holiday Tuesday and Wednesday, so if you ask then, I will have to answer afterwards.)